The people around you might not appreciate what you’re worth. That stings, and it can dent your confidence — but their reaction is just that, theirs. It doesn’t set your value. Being under-appreciated where you are says more about the fit than about you.

The move isn’t to shrink; it’s to look wider. Some people, somewhere, will value what you bring — it’s a matter of finding them, building on those relationships, and easing off the ones that only diminish you. Everyone carries some attribute that matters to someone.

That’s the ground under the reassurance: “You are never useless. You just need to find your place.” Not a lack in you — a place you haven’t found yet.